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Nothing is stronger. Nothing is safer. Product Presentation CUFF May 2009 Quebec City

Nothing is stronger. Nothing is safer. Product Presentation CUFF May 2009 Quebec City. Agenda. Vehicle Recovery Overview Ditch Hitch ® Key Benefits Product Due Diligence Vehicle Recovery Today Customers Video . Vehicle Recovery Overview. Until now...

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Nothing is stronger. Nothing is safer. Product Presentation CUFF May 2009 Quebec City

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  1. Nothing is stronger. Nothing is safer. Product Presentation CUFF May 2009 Quebec City

  2. Agenda • Vehicle Recovery Overview • Ditch Hitch® Key Benefits • Product Due Diligence • Vehicle Recovery Today • Customers • Video

  3. Vehicle Recovery Overview Until now... • Used chains, tow ropes with hooks, slings with tail chains, rope, wire rope, ... • Attached to trailer balls, tie down hooks, shackles, clevises, pintle hitches, bumpers,... • These products were never intended to withstand forces involved with vehicle recovery

  4. Vehicle Recovery Overview • Other products designed for applications such as hoisting, winching, tongue loads • Cannot be shock loaded or side loaded • Frame mounted hooks never intended for vehicle recovery • Become dangerous metal projectiles • Cause of accidents, equipment damage and even fatalities...

  5. Vehicle Recovery Overview Many vehicle recovery stories... Trailer Balls Chains Shackles

  6. Vehicle Recovery Overview • Companies banned use of hazardous towing equipment • Implemented “No Tow” policies or instructed to call a tow truck • However...not practical in remote situations • Can be expensive & frustrating down time

  7. key benefits

  8. Ditch Hitch® Key Benefits Strength • Strength tested at 69,000 lbs, stamp-rated at 14,000 lbs with safety margin of 5:1 • Designed to withstand shock loads • Solid aluminum corrosion resistant • Total weight - 7.5 lbs

  9. Ditch Hitch® Key Benefits Design • Fits standard 2x2 frame-mounted receivers • Patented swiveling U-Bar – turns with the pull in difficult situations • Eliminates side-loading and reduces strap wear • High tensile corrosion treated pins

  10. Ditch Hitch® Key Benefits Recovery System • Practical, safe and easy to use • Used in conjunction with synthetic recovery straps • Eliminates need to attach to trailer balls, towing add-ons, hooks, bumpers • Eliminates use of chains, slings with tail chains, shackles, tow ropes with hooks

  11. Ditch Hitch® Due Diligence • Field and laboratory tested • Certified by Prof. Engineer – supersedes CSA • 5:1 safety factor exceeds industry standard • Vehicle receivers & recovery straps strength tested in partnership with Atco Electric

  12. Ditch Hitch® Due Diligence • Recovery strap is weakest link • 2” Fuse-Link® or 3” recovery straps available • Recommend Ditch Hitch® on both pulling and stuck vehicles – super complete kit • Safe vehicle recovery precautions printed on every Carry Bag • The only product on market designed specifically for vehicle recovery

  13. Vehicle Recovery Today • Lifting “No Tow” policies when using Ditch Hitch® • Ditch Hitch® Kits considered standard safety equipment on trucks – like a spare tire and jack • Industry benchmark for vehicle recovery • Nothing is stronger. Nothing is safer.

  14. Customer Feedback

  15. Customer Comments • We have been providing the Ditch Hitch to our field operations and have received excellent feedback from those who have used them. The ditch hitch provides a safe, simple and effective way for connecting a tow strap to the vehicle. British Petroleum • We now carry the Ditch Hitch in all our Peace Country Business unit vehicles, and with the addition of a specific procedure on where, when and how the Ditch Hitch is to be used we have all but eliminated "Towing Related" incidents. Encana • The Ditch Hitch is safe, lightweight, user friendly and in my opinion, the best towing solution available today. Thanks for a great product. Husky Energy • The Ditch Hitch is truly by far the safest recovery system that I have seen to date. The safety features and ratings you have engineered into this product are exceptional and I would recommend this product to anyone who would ever require to be towed. Nexen

  16. Ditch Hitch® Customers • Alliance Pipeline • Apache Canada • Atco Electric • Atco Pipelines • Big Eagle Hydro-Vac • British Petroleum • Burlington Resources • Canadian Natural Resources • Champion Technologies • Conoco Phillips • Devon Canada • Enbridge Pipelines • Encana • Exxon Mobil • Harvest Energy • High Pine Oil & Gas • Hunt Oil • Husky Energy • Keyera Energy • Manitoba Hydro • Nexen Canada • Pearl Exploration • Pembina Pipelines • Penn West Energy Trust • Petro Canada • Pioneer Natural Resources • Quick Silver Resources • Stoneham Drilling • Suncor Energy • Talisman Energy • Terra Core Drilling • Thompson Bros. Construction • Veritas Geophysical • …And Many Others

  17. Thank you! Merci!

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